DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.01.042
论文题名: Last glacial maximum permafrost in China from CMIP5 simulations
作者: Liu Y. ; Jiang D.
刊名: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
ISSN: 0031-0182
出版年: 2016
卷: 447 起始页码: 12
结束页码: 21
语种: 英语
英文关键词: China
; CMIP5 models
; LGM
; Permafrost
英文摘要: The distributions of frozen ground and active layer thickness (ALT) during the last glacial maximum (LGM) and pre-industrial periods in China were investigated using Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) model experiments. Compared to the pre-industrial period, the LGM climate was ~5 °C colder and featured significantly higher freezing indices on the Tibetan Plateau and in Northeast China. Frozen ground expanded widely in the LGM. The extents of permafrost and seasonally frozen ground in China were 4.11 × 106 km2 and 4.97 × 106 km2, respectively, which are 2.42 × 106 km2 larger and 1.45 × 106 km2 smaller, respectively, than the pre-industrial levels. Moreover, the colder climate and longer duration also resulted in LGM ALT values that were 1.3 m less than the pre-industrial values in the permafrost areas common to both periods. Altitudinal permafrost was present mainly on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent mountains in West China between 28°N and 41°30'N and covered an area of ~2.63 × 106 km2. Latitudinal permafrost was present mainly in Northeast China and occupied an area of 1.48 × 106 km2. The southern limit of latitudinal permafrost was located ~10° of latitude farther south during the LGM than during the pre-industrial period. The LGM simulation results agree reasonably well with previous reconstructions, with the exception of an underestimation in the permafrost extent. Although relatively high-level disagreement exists between the models in terms of the exact locations of the southern limits, the ensemble average is still able to represent the large-scale spatial pattern of frozen ground remarkably well. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/68532
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作者单位: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing, China; Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Recommended Citation:
Liu Y.,Jiang D.. Last glacial maximum permafrost in China from CMIP5 simulations[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2016-01-01,447